lacustrine Definition
la·cus·trine (lə kus′trin)
adjective
- of or having to do with a lake or lakes
- found or formed in lakes
Etymology: < Fr lacustre < L lacus, lake
lacustrine Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- deposit: This a neglect of the undoubtedly useful blanket mire and lacustrine deposits.
- sediment: The dates of lacustrine sediments are repeated in the corrected ages columns, for database comparison purposes.
- rock: The late Jurassic to early Cretaceous interval contains a lacustrine source rock of world-class quality.
- environment: The Unit assesses approximately 700 applications per year of proposed developments in the marine, riverine and lacustrine environments.
- condition: Lacustrine conditions dated 6,020 BP suggest that at that time the Hatherton Glacier was at or close to its present level.
- mudstone: Upper Triassic sediments at three locations in SW Britain exhibit cyclic alternation of red, green and gray lacustrine mudstones.
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